Décor at dressed-up polling stations (Photos)

Kigali: The National Electoral Commission may come under fire over the credibility of the August 09 presidential poll, but one thing for which it will get credit is the elaborate planning and... Read more »

Kagame flies high in 11 districts, heads to stadium for fete

Kigali: Provisional results published by the National Electoral Commission early Tuesday morning suggest incumbent President Kagame heading for a landslide victory back into Village Urugwiro for another seven years. One of the... Read more »

Kagame scoops 96.7 from diaspora votes

Kigali: Incumbent president Paul Kagame is leading his three competitors in the diaspora – leaving for them about 3% to share amongst them, latest results show.

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Employees granted public holiday

Kigali: All employees will have a day off from work on Tuesday, the ministry of labour announced Monday evening as the country waited for preliminary results of the poll.

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High turnout in Rwandan vote for President

Kigali: Rwandans turned out in large numbers to vote in Monday's presidential election, many leaving home well before daybreak to form neat lines in front of spick and span polling... Read more »

D-DAY: Candidates cast votes as Rwanda chooses new president

Kagame defended his candidacy to reporters at the Rugunga polling station in Nyarugenge district (Photo: Margaret Cappa)

Kigali: Some 5.178.492 Rwandans headed to polling stations Monday in... Read more »

Polls open as millions stroll towards voting stations

Kigali: The voting stations opened at 0600 but there were reports from places like Northern and Western suggesting some sectors had finished voting within 20minutes.

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RPF already preparing massive victory party

Kigali: The polling centers have not even opened, but the dominant RPF has invited hundreds of thousands to a massive victory fete to be held in the Amahoro National Stadium with free... Read more »

Ntawukuriryayo celebrates Birth-Day as campaigns go underground

Kigali: As dictated by the election law, August 08 – the day before the country heads to the ballot on Monday at 06:00, there has been no open campaigning, but it looks... Read more »

Supporters celebrate Kagame candidacy as critics cry fowl

Campaigning in Gicumbi: To supporters, incumbent President Kagame is the only man that can do the job, but to bitter critics, he is running the country with... Read more »